Glossary
Organic Rankine Cycles ORC

Composite curves

Set of two curves representing, on the one hand, the cumulative energy available from a network of exchangers as a function of temperature, and on the other, the cumulative energy required.

exergy composite curves

Set of two curves representing, on the one hand, the cumulative energy available from a network of exchangers as a function of the Carnot factor and, on the other hand, the cumulative energy required.

Diagramme température-enthalpie; temperature – enthalpy chart

Diagram showing energy exchanges in a heat exchanger on the abscissa, with temperature on the ordinate.

Carnot factor; Carnot factor

Multiplication factor of the thermal energy exchanged with a heat source to calculate the corresponding exergy-heat (equal to 1 minus the ratio of the absolute temperature of the environment to that of the source).

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